Sweet Death: A NovelTold with dazzling narrative brilliance and the haunting power of an impassioned soliloquy, an astonishing parable of a woman's obsession of sweets and delicacies is seen. A novel of heartstopping intensity, black humor and passion not easily forgotten. |
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Page 17
I swallow everything . Sometimes their cries put me in a strange nervous state ,
during which I chew furiously on anything at all , just to rediscover the sound of
my own mouth . Living like this , surrounded by the disgusting secrets of 17
SWEET ...
I swallow everything . Sometimes their cries put me in a strange nervous state ,
during which I chew furiously on anything at all , just to rediscover the sound of
my own mouth . Living like this , surrounded by the disgusting secrets of 17
SWEET ...
Page 51
... from a big cellophane bag , I offered her some while her mother looked on
suspiciously . A game sprang up between us . At first it was tacitly understood that
we would crunch the sweetened popcorn in the same rhythm before swallowing it
...
... from a big cellophane bag , I offered her some while her mother looked on
suspiciously . A game sprang up between us . At first it was tacitly understood that
we would crunch the sweetened popcorn in the same rhythm before swallowing it
...
Page 90
I can ' t swallow anything more . Waves of vomiting . My trips back and forth to the
end of the car seem to intrigue the first - class passengers . I ' ve got the staggers .
The rocking of the train is too much for me . Despite the width of the center ...
I can ' t swallow anything more . Waves of vomiting . My trips back and forth to the
end of the car seem to intrigue the first - class passengers . I ' ve got the staggers .
The rocking of the train is too much for me . Despite the width of the center ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Sweet Death: A Novel |
| Author | Claude Tardat |
| Translated by | Linda Coverdale |
| Publisher | Overlook Press, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 29 Aug 2011 |
| ISBN | 0879512911, 9780879512910 |
| Length | 130 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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